Improvement in tea-kettles



B. H. MONKE.

Tea Kettle.

No. 37,423. Patented Jan. 13, 1863.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BARNEY H. MENKE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO CHAMBER- LAIN 82; GO.

IMPROVEMENT IN TEA-KETTLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,423, dated January13, 1863.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, BARNEY H. MENKE, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county,Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bailed Hollow Ware;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexactdescription thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, makingpart of this specification.

My invention relates to a form of tea-kettle or other bailed and coveredhollow ware having a swing-lid pivoted to a peculiarly-shaped ear, andsecured by the bail, which ear may be a part of the kettle-castingitself.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a kettle embodying said'improvement.Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detachedrepresentations of the joint or pivoted connection.

A is a cast'kettle.

B is a lid, adapted to be swung open or shut in its own plane by beingpivoted to one of the bail-ears, as hereinafter explained.

O is the bail, the insertion of which and the peculiar form of the earconstitute the sole fastening of the lid.

Cast in one piece with the kettle are the ears D 1), or which one ear,D, has its upper portion or head chamfered E, and with projections Fbeyond the lower portion or neck, G, which neckhas the form of a conicfrustum.

H is a lug projecting from and in the plane of the lid, and having anaperture, I, so formed and flared downward as to correspond in oneposition with the chamfered head and conical neck of the ear D. Theserelative specific forms of the aperture I and ear D enable theattachment or detachment of the lid only when brought to the upwardcanted position of Fig. 5. WVhen once attached, it is impossible for thelid, by its weight alone, to become detached or get out of place, sothat it may be opened in either direction or swung clear around withimpunity, and even when swung entirely back the slight natural sag ofthe lid causes the projections F of the head to overlap the lug, asshown in Figs. 1 and 4 and by red dots in Fig. 3. Should a lid becomebroken, it may be replaced in a few moments by the temporary withdrawalof the bail and insertion of a fresh lid in the manner shown in Fig. 5.

It will be seen that this kettle may be composed of the usual number ofparts, three, and that it may be manufactured as easily and cheaply asthe common form.

I do not claim pivoting the lid to one of the bail-ears and securing itthereon by the insertion of the bail, as described in Letters Patentgranted to Ezra Ripley on the lstof January, 186i; but

I claim as an improved manufacture of bailed and covered hollow ware Thepot or kettle A, having the described charmer-headed and conical-neckedear I), and correspondingly-pertorated lid B, the whole being secured bythe insertion of the bail in the manner set forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

B. H. MENKE.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, A. E. CHAMBERLAIN.

